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~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  RAILS                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
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§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
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##§%*~.¨¨¨ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ¨¨¨.~*%§##
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###§%*~.¨¨ TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ¨¨.~*%§###
##§%*~.¨¨¨ HAVE TO  FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ¨¨¨.~*%§##
#§%*~.¨¨¨¨ CALLED A  "RAILWAY", WHICH IS  COMPRISED ¨¨¨¨.~*%§#
§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨ OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE  ITS NICKNAME. ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
%*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*%
*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BECAUSE  THE LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND  THE RAIL METAL, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE  ARE LIMITS FOR HOW  ACUTE A CURVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CAN  BE, AND EVEN  MORE  SO FOR HOW MUCH ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE   RAILS  CAN  BE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
%*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ SLOPED. THUS  A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*%
§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨ ON TOP  OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
#§%*~.¨¨¨¨ TUNNELS   (IF  THEY   ARE   LARGE),   OR ¨¨¨¨.~*%§#
##§%*~.¨¨¨            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ¨¨¨.~*%§##
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####§%*~.¨ THERE WILL BE  TREES ON THE SIDE OF  THE ¨.~*%§####
###§%*~.¨¨ RAILS,  BUT NOT TOO  CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ¨¨.~*%§###
##§%*~.¨¨¨ BE CUT  DOWN BY  THE  RAILWAY  JANITORS. ¨¨¨.~*%§##
#§%*~.¨¨¨¨ THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS, AND  BODIES  OF ¨¨¨¨.~*%§#
§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨                  WATER.                  ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
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*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TRAINS  GO BY DAY  AND BY  NIGHT.  ALONG ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SCATTERED,  OFTEN  PUT  ON TOP OF POLES, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE  TRAIN DRIVERS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
%*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*%
§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
#§%*~.¨¨¨¨ SOMETIMES, TRAINS  HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ¨¨¨¨.~*%§#
##§%*~.¨¨¨ FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN,  FAR AWAY. THIS ¨¨¨.~*%§##
###§%*~.¨¨ IS  SIGNALED  BY  RED  OR  GREEN LIGHTS. ¨¨.~*%§###
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###§%*~.¨¨                 §§§§§§§§                 ¨¨.~*%§###
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#§%*~.¨¨¨¨ MANY  PEOPLE FOLLOW  THE RAILS  BY FOOT. ¨¨¨¨.~*%§#
§%*~.¨¨¨¨¨ OFTEN  THIS  PROVES TO  BE  THE  SHORTER ¨¨¨¨¨.~*%§
%*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ PATH BETWEEN  TWO POINTS.  HOWEVER  THIS ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*%
*~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS  FROWNED   UPON,  AND  VERY  IMPOLITE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~*
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨        TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS!         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
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